Mount Pleasant Police Officer Joseph Aufiero was traveling northbound near midnight on the parkway on Sunday, near exit 161 in Paramus when he encountered the crash victim lying in the roadway.
Aufiero, a Westlake High School graduate, assisted at the scene as emergency responders arrived.
The victim reportedly suffered two broken legs.
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